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BMC Cancer

Issue 1/2008

Content (396 Articles)

Open Access Research article

Carbonic anhydrase IX in oligodendroglial brain tumors

Sally Järvelä, Seppo Parkkila, Helena Bragge, Marketta Kähkönen, Anna-Kaisa Parkkila, Ylermi Soini, Silvia Pastorekova, Jaromir Pastorek, Hannu Haapasalo

Open Access Research article

Interstitial fluid pressure, vascularity and metastasis in ectopic, orthotopic and spontaneous tumours

Sarah Jane Lunt, Tuula MK Kalliomaki, Allison Brown, Victor X Yang, Michael Milosevic, Richard P Hill

Open Access Research article

Genomic activation of the EGFR and HER2-neu genes in a significant proportion of invasive epithelial ovarian cancers

Joanna Vermeij, Erik Teugels, Claire Bourgain, Ji Xiangming, Peter in 't Veld, Vanessa Ghislain, Bart Neyns, Jacques De Grève

Open Access Research article

Coexpression of VEGF-C and COX-2 and its association with lymphangiogenesis in human breast cancer

Xiao-Hua Zhang, Du-Ping Huang, Gui-Long Guo, Guo-Rong Chen, Hu-Xiang Zhang, Li Wan, Sheng-Ying Chen

Open Access Research article

Resectable adenocarcinomas in the pancreatic head: the retroperitoneal resection margin is an independent prognostic factor

Arne Westgaard, Svetlana Tafjord, Inger N Farstad, Milada Cvancarova, Tor J Eide, Oystein Mathisen, Ole Petter F Clausen, Ivar P Gladhaug

Open Access Research article

Combined effect of CCND1 and COMT polymorphisms and increased breast cancer risk

Ummiye V Onay, Kirsimari Aaltonen, Laurent Briollais, Julia A Knight, Noel Pabalan, Outi Kilpivaara, Irene L Andrulis, Carl Blomqvist, Heli Nevanlinna, Hilmi Ozcelik

Open Access Research article

Father's occupational exposure to carcinogenic agents and childhood acute leukemia: a new method to assess exposure (a case-control study)

Maria Luisa Perez-Saldivar, Manuel Carlos Ortega-Alvarez, Arturo Fajardo-Gutierrez, Roberto Bernaldez-Rios, Maria de los Angeles del Campo-Martinez, Aurora Medina-Sanson, Miguel Angel Palomo-Colli, Rogelio Paredes-Aguilera, Armando Martínez-Avalos, Victor Hugo Borja-Aburto, Maria de Jesus Rodriguez-Rivera, Victor Manuel Vargas-Garcia, Jesus Zarco-Contreras, Janet Flores-Lujano, Juan Manuel Mejia-Arangure

Open Access Research article

Chemoradiotherapy with or without consolidation chemotherapy using cisplatin and 5-fluorouracil in anal squamous cell carcinoma: long-term results in 31 patients

Byoung Chul Cho, Joong Bae Ahn, Jinsil Seong, Jae Kyung Roh, Joo Hang Kim, Hyun Cheol Chung, Joo Hyuk Sohn, Nam Kyu Kim

Open Access Research article

The 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A reductase inhibitors, simvastatin, lovastatin and mevastatin inhibit proliferation and invasion of melanoma cells

Sharon A Glynn, Dermot O'Sullivan, Alex J Eustace, Martin Clynes, Norma O'Donovan

Open Access Research article

Epidermal growth factor receptor structural alterations in gastric cancer

Cátia Moutinho, Ana R Mateus, Fernanda Milanezi, Fátima Carneiro, Raquel Seruca, Gianpaolo Suriano

Open Access Research article

Prospective single-arm study of 72 Gy hyperfractionated radiation therapy and combination chemotherapy for anaplastic astrocytomas

Takuma Nomiya, Kenji Nemoto, Toshihiro Kumabe, Yoshihiro Takai, Shogo Yamada

Open Access Research article

Poly I:C enhances cycloheximide-induced apoptosis of tumor cells through TLR3 pathway

Qun Jiang, Haiming Wei, Zhigang Tian

Open Access Research article

Clone-specific expression, transcriptional regulation, and action of interleukin-6 in human colon carcinoma cells

Wolfgang Brozek, Giovanna Bises, Gerhild Fabjani, Heide S Cross, Meinrad Peterlik

Open Access Research article

Loss of Endocan tumorigenic properties after alternative splicing of exon 2

Florence Depontieu, Bogdan-Dragos Grigoriu, Arnaud Scherpereel, Estelle Adam, Maryse Delehedde, Philippe Gosset, Philippe Lassalle

Open Access Research article

Impairment of intellectual functions after surgery and posterior fossa irradiation in children with ependymoma is related to age and neurologic complications

Katja von Hoff, Virginie Kieffer, Jean-Louis Habrand, Chantal Kalifa, Georges Dellatolas, Jacques Grill

Open Access Research article

Augmented serum level of major histocompatibility complex class I-related chain A (MICA) protein and reduced NKG2D expression on NK and T cells in patients with cervical cancer and precursor lesions

Naela A Arreygue-Garcia, Adrian Daneri-Navarro, Alicia del Toro-Arreola, Angel Cid-Arregui, Oscar Gonzalez-Ramella, Luis F Jave-Suarez, Adriana Aguilar-Lemarroy, Rogelio Troyo-Sanroman, Alejandro Bravo-Cuellar, Vidal Delgado-Rizo, Trinidad Garcia-Iglesias, Georgina Hernandez-Flores, Susana del Toro-Arreola

Open Access Research article

Ovarian carcinomas with genetic and epigenetic BRCA1 loss have distinct molecular abnormalities

Joshua Z Press, Alessandro De Luca, Niki Boyd, Sean Young, Armelle Troussard, Yolanda Ridge, Pardeep Kaurah, Steve E Kalloger, Katherine A Blood, Margaret Smith, Paul T Spellman, Yuker Wang, Dianne M Miller, Doug Horsman, Malek Faham, C Blake Gilks, Joe Gray, David G Huntsman

Open Access Research article

Expression profiling to predict the clinical behaviour of ovarian cancer fails independent evaluation

Olivier Gevaert, Frank De Smet, Toon Van Gorp, Nathalie Pochet, Kristof Engelen, Frederic Amant, Bart De Moor, Dirk Timmerman, Ignace Vergote

Open Access Research article

Identification of genes for normalization of real-time RT-PCR data in breast carcinomas

Maria B Lyng, Anne-Vibeke Lænkholm, Niels Pallisgaard, Henrik J Ditzel

Open Access Research article

Comparison of mouse mammary gland imaging techniques and applications: Reflectance confocal microscopy, GFP Imaging, and ultrasound

Maddalena T Tilli, Angela R Parrish, Ion Cotarla, Laundette P Jones, Michael D Johnson, Priscilla A Furth

Open Access Research article

Treatment delay of bone tumours, compilation of a sociodemographic risk profile: A retrospective study

Christoph Schnurr, Mathias Pippan, Hartmut Stuetzer, Karl S Delank, Joern WP Michael, Peer Eysel

Open Access Research article

A complex pattern of chemokine receptor expression is seen in osteosarcoma

Irene von Luettichau, Stephan Segerer, Alexandra Wechselberger, Mike Notohamiprodjo, Michaela Nathrath, Markus Kremer, Anna Henger, Roghieh Djafarzadeh, Stefan Burdach, Ralf Huss, Peter J Nelson

Open Access Research article

Metabolic and morphological alterations induced by proteolysis-inducing factor from Walker tumour-bearing rats in C2C12myotubes

Claudia L Yano, Gislaine Ventrucci, William N Field, Michael J Tisdale, Maria Cristina C Gomes-Marcondes

Open Access Research article

Frequent expression loss of Inter-alpha-trypsin inhibitor heavy chain (ITIH) genes in multiple human solid tumors: A systematic expression analysis

Alexander Hamm, Juergen Veeck, Nuran Bektas, Peter J Wild, Arndt Hartmann, Uwe Heindrichs, Glen Kristiansen, Tamra Werbowetski-Ogilvie, Rolando Del Maestro, Ruth Knuechel, Edgar Dahl

Open Access Research article

Salvage radiotherapy for patients with PSA relapse after radical prostatectomy: a single institution experience

Laurent Quero, Pierre Mongiat-Artus, Vincent Ravery, Claude Maylin, François Desgrandchamps, Christophe Hennequin

Open Access Research article

TP53 status and taxane-platinum versus platinum-based therapy in ovarian cancer patients: A non-randomized retrospective study

Jolanta Kupryjanczyk, Ewa Kraszewska, Izabela Ziolkowska-Seta, Radoslaw Madry, Agnieszka Timorek, Janina Markowska, Jerzy Stelmachow, Mariusz Bidzinski

Open Access Research article

Markers of subtypes in inflammatory breast cancer studied by immunohistochemistry: Prominent expression of P-cadherin

Azza Ben Hamida, Intidhar S Labidi, Karima Mrad, Emmanuelle Charafe-Jauffret, Saïda Ben Arab, Benjamin Esterni, Luc Xerri, Patrice Viens, François Bertucci, Daniel Birnbaum, Jocelyne Jacquemier

Open Access Research article

Overexpression of CDC2/CyclinB1 in gliomas, and CDC2 depletion inhibits proliferation of human glioma cells in vitro and in vivo

Hua Chen, Qiang Huang, Jun Dong, De-Zhong Zhai, Ai-Dong Wang, Qing Lan

Open Access Research article

Retinoic acid reduces human neuroblastoma cell migration and invasiveness: effects on DCX, LIS1, neurofilaments-68 and vimentin expression

Elio Messi, Maria C Florian, Claudio Caccia, Mariarosa Zanisi, Roberto Maggi

Open Access Research article

The impact of comorbidity and stage on ovarian cancer mortality: A nationwide Danish cohort study

Mette S Tetsche, Claus Dethlefsen, Lars Pedersen, Henrik T Sorensen, Mette Norgaard

Open Access Research article

Importance of TP53 codon 72 and intron 3 duplication 16bppolymorphisms in prediction of susceptibility on breast cancer

Sandra Costa, Daniela Pinto, Deolinda Pereira, Helena Rodrigues, Jorge Cameselle-Teijeiro, Rui Medeiros, Fernando Schmitt

Open Access Research article

Cyclooxygenase-2 overexpression is common in serrated and non-serrated colorectal adenoma, but uncommon in hyperplastic polyp and sessile serrated polyp/adenoma

Takako Kawasaki, Katsuhiko Nosho, Mutsuko Ohnishi, Yuko Suemoto, Jonathan N Glickman, Andrew T Chan, Gregory J Kirkner, Mari Mino-Kenudson, Charles S Fuchs, Shuji Ogino

Open Access Research article

Stimulated monocyte IL-6 secretion predicts survival of patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma

John-Helge Heimdal, Kenneth Kross, Beate Klementsen, Jan Olofsson, Hans Jørgen Aarstad

Open Access Research article

Spatio-temporal evolution of female lung cancer mortality in a region of Spain, is it worth taking migration into account?

Oscar Zurriaga, Hermelinda Vanaclocha, Miguel A Martinez-Beneito, Paloma Botella-Rocamora

Open Access Research article

COX-2 and PPARγ expression are potential markers of recurrence risk in mammary duct carcinoma in-situ

Swati Kulkarni, Deepa B Patil, Leslie K Diaz, Elizabeth L Wiley, Monica Morrow, Seema A Khan

Open Access Research article

Bioinformatic identification of FGF, p38-MAPK, and calcium signalling pathways associated with carcinoma in situin the urinary bladder

Malene Herbsleb, Ole F Christensen, Thomas Thykjaer, Carsten Wiuf, Michael Borre, Torben F Ørntoft, Lars Dyrskjøt

Open Access Research article

Development of fragment-specific osteopontin antibodies and ELISA for quantification in human metastatic breast cancer

Alicia Plumer, Hongyi Duan, Sripriya Subramaniam, F Lee Lucas, Susan Miesfeldt, Ah-Kau Ng, Lucy Liaw

Open Access Research article

Clinical significance of gelsolin-like actin-capping protein expression in oral carcinogenesis: an immunohistochemical study of premalignant and malignant lesions of the oral cavity

Hitomi Nomura, Katsuhiro Uzawa, Takashi Ishigami, Yukinao Kouzu, Hirofumi Koike, Katsunori Ogawara, Masashi Siiba, Hiroki Bukawa, Hidetaka Yokoe, Hitoshi Kubosawa, Hideki Tanzawa

Open Access Research article

NF-kappa B genes have a major role in Inflammatory Breast Cancer

Florence Lerebours, Sophie Vacher, Catherine Andrieu, Marc Espie, Michel Marty, Rosette Lidereau, Ivan Bieche

Open Access Research article

Tight correlation between expression of the Forkhead transcription factor FOXM1 and HER2 in human breast cancer

Nuran Bektas, Anette ten Haaf, Jürgen Veeck, Peter Johannes Wild, Juliane Lüscher-Firzlaff, Arndt Hartmann, Ruth Knüchel, Edgar Dahl

Open Access Research article

Immunohistochemical analysis of changes in signaling pathway activation downstream of growth factor receptors in pancreatic duct cell carcinogenesis

Nhu-An Pham, Joerg Schwock, Vladimir Iakovlev, Greg Pond, David W Hedley, Ming-Sound Tsao

Open Access Research article

Detection of mismatch repair gene germline mutation carrier among Chinese population with colorectal cancer

Hei-Ying Jin, Xiufang Liu, Vicky Ka Ming Li, Yijiang Ding, Bolin Yang, Jianxiang Geng, Rensheng Lai, Shuqing Ding, Min Ni, Ronghua Zhao

Open Access Erratum

Erratum to: The enhanced expression of the matrix metalloproteinase 9 in nasal NK/T-cell lymphoma

Koh-ichi Sakata, Masanori Someya, Mutsuko Omatsu, Hiroko Asanuma, Tadashi Hasegawa, Shingo Ichimiya, Masato Hareyama, Tetsuo Himi

Open Access Research article

Cervical squamous carcinoma cells are resistant to the combined action of tumor necrosis factor-α and histamine whereas normal keratinocytes undergo cytolysis

Nicolae-Costin Diaconu, Jaana Rummukainen, Mikko Mättö, Anita Naukkarinen, Rauno J Harvima, Jukka Pelkonen, Ilkka T Harvima

Open Access Research article

Rosiglitazone inhibits metastasis development of a murine mammary tumor cell line LMM3

Gabriela Magenta, Ximena Borenstein, Romina Rolando, María Adela Jasnis

Open Access Research article

Expression of the "stem cell marker" CD133 in pancreas and pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomas

Heike Immervoll, Dag Hoem, Per Øystein Sakariassen, Ole Johnny Steffensen, Anders Molven

Open Access Research article

Celecoxib concentration predicts decrease in prostaglandin E2concentrations in nipple aspirate fluid from high risk women

Edward R Sauter, Wenyi Qin, John E Hewett, Rachel L Ruhlen, John T Flynn, George Rottinghaus, Yin-Chieh Chen

Open Access Research article

ERCC22251A>C genetic polymorphism was highly correlated with early relapse in high-risk stage II and stage III colorectal cancer patients: A preliminary study

Ming-Yii Huang, Wei-Yu Fang, Su-Chen Lee, Tian-Lu Cheng, Jaw-Yuan Wang, Shiu-Ru Lin

Open Access Research article

Zosuquidar restores drug sensitivity in P-glycoprotein expressing acute myeloid leukemia (AML)

Ruoping Tang, Anne-Marie Faussat, Jean-Yves Perrot, Zora Marjanovic, Simy Cohen, Thomas Storme, Hamid Morjani, Ollivier Legrand, Jean-Pierre Marie

Open Access Research article

Mutation analysis of the MDM4gene in German breast cancer patients

Scarlett Reincke, Lina Govbakh, Bettina Wilhelm, Haiyan Jin, Natalia Bogdanova, Michael Bremer, Johann H Karstens, Thilo Dörk

Open Access Research article

K-rasmutations in sinonasal cancers in relation to wood dust exposure

Jette Bornholdt, Johnni Hansen, Torben Steiniche, Michael Dictor, Annemarie Antonsen, Henrik Wolff, Vivi Schlünssen, Reetta Holmila, Danièle Luce, Ulla Vogel, Kirsti Husgafvel-Pursiainen, Håkan Wallin

Open Access Research article

A haplotype of polymorphisms in ASE-1, RAI and ERCC1and the effects of tobacco smoking and alcohol consumption on risk of colorectal cancer: a danish prospective case-cohort study

Rikke D Hansen, Mette Sørensen, Anne Tjønneland, Kim Overvad, Håkan Wallin, Ole Raaschou-Nielsen, Ulla Vogel

Open Access Research article

Detection of mammaglobin mRNA in peripheral blood is associated with high grade breast cancer: Interim results of a prospective cohort study

Kaidi Mikhitarian, Renee Hebert Martin, Megan Baker Ruppel, William E Gillanders, Rana Hoda, Del H Schutte, Kathi Callahan, Michael Mitas, David J Cole

Open Access Research article

Incidence of reversible amenorrhea in women with breast cancer undergoing adjuvant anthracycline-based chemotherapy with or without docetaxel

Martine Berliere, Florence Dalenc, Nathalie Malingret, Anita Vindevogel, Philippe Piette, Henry Roche, Jacques Donnez, Michel Symann, Joseph Kerger, Jean-Pascal Machiels

Open Access Research article

FOXP3+ Tregs and B7-H1+/PD-1+T lymphocytes co-infiltrate the tumor tissues of high-risk breast cancer patients: Implication for immunotherapy

Hazem Ghebeh, Eman Barhoush, Asma Tulbah, Naser Elkum, Taher Al-Tweigeri, Said Dermime

Open Access Research article

Berberine enhances inhibition of glioma tumor cell migration and invasiveness mediated by arsenic trioxide

Tseng-Hsi Lin, Hsing-Chun Kuo, Fen-Pi Chou, Fung-Jou Lu

Open Access Technical advance

Rapid detection of carriers with BRCA1 and BRCA2mutations using high resolution melting analysis

Elena A Takano, Gillian Mitchell, Stephen B Fox, Alexander Dobrovic

Open Access Research article

Do genetic factors protect for early onset lung cancer? A case control study before the age of 50 years

Albert Rosenberger, Thomas Illig, Katrin Korb, Norman Klopp, Vera Zietemann, Gabi Wölke, Eckart Meese, Gerhard Sybrecht, Florian Kronenberg, Matthias Cebulla, Maria Degen, Peter Drings, Andreas Gröschel, Nikolaus Konietzko, Karsten grosse Kreymborg, Karl Häußinger, Gerd Höffken, Bettina Jilge, You-Dschun Ko, Harald Morr, Christine Schmidt, E-Wilhelm Schmidt, Dagmar Täuscher, Heike Bickeböller, H-Erich Wichmann

Open Access Technical advance

Detection of methylation in promoter sequences by melting curve analysis-based semiquantitative real time PCR

Aiala Lorente, Wolf Mueller, Edurne Urdangarín, Paula Lázcoz, Andreas von Deimling, Javier S Castresana

Open Access Research article

Neoadjuvant letrozole in postmenopausal estrogen and/or progesterone receptor positive breast cancer: A phase IIb/III trial to investigate optimal duration of preoperative endocrine therapy

Ute E Krainick-Strobel, Werner Lichtenegger, Diethelm Wallwiener, Augustinus H Tulusan, Fritz Jänicke, Gunther Bastert, Ludwig Kiesel, Birgit Wackwitz, Stefan Paepke

Open Access Research article

A prospective study of physical activity and the risk of pancreatic cancer among women (United States)

Brook A Calton, Rachael Z Stolzenberg-Solomon, Steven C Moore, Arthur Schatzkin, Catherine Schairer, Demetrius Albanes, Michael F Leitzmann

Open Access Research article

Lymph vascular invasion in invasive mammary carcinomas identified by the endothelial lymphatic marker D2-40 is associated with other indicators of poor prognosis

Vanessa FZ Marinho, Konradin Metze, Fernanda SF Sanches, Gislene FS Rocha, Helenice Gobbi

Open Access Research article

Comparative study of the radiosensitising and cell cycle effects of vinflunine and vinorelbine, in vitro

Cindy Simoens, Filip Lardon, Bea Pauwels, Christel MJ De Pooter, Hilde AJ Lambrechts, Greet GO Pattyn, Fabienne Breillout, Jan B Vermorken

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New models and online calculator for predicting non-sentinel lymph node status in sentinel lymph node positive breast cancer patients

Holbrook E Kohrt, Richard A Olshen, Honnie R Bermas, William H Goodson, Douglas J Wood, Solomon Henry, Robert V Rouse, Lisa Bailey, Vicki J Philben, Frederick M Dirbas, Jocelyn J Dunn, Denise L Johnson, Irene L Wapnir, Robert W Carlson, Frank E Stockdale, Nora M Hansen, Stefanie S Jeffrey

Open Access Study protocol

Biomonitoring of complex occupational exposures to carcinogens: The case of sewage workers in Paris

Hamzeh Al Zabadi, Luc Ferrari, Anne-Marie Laurent, Aziz Tiberguent, Christophe Paris, Denis Zmirou-Navier

Open Access Research article

CDKN1C/p57kip2is a candidate tumor suppressor gene in human breast cancer

Pamela S Larson, Benjamin L Schlechter, Chia-Lin King, Qiong Yang, Chelsea N Glass, Charline Mack, Robert Pistey, Antonio de las Morenas, Carol L Rosenberg

Open Access Research article

Tissue factor/FVIIa activates Bcl-2 and prevents doxorubicin-induced apoptosis in neuroblastoma cells

Jun Fang, Lubing Gu, Ningxi Zhu, Hao Tang, Carlos S Alvarado, Muxiang Zhou

Open Access Research article

Expression and clinical significance of Glucose Regulated Proteins GRP78 (BiP) and GRP94 (GP96) in human adenocarcinomas of the esophagus

Rupert Langer, Marcus Feith, Joerg Rüdiger Siewert, Hans-Juergen Wester, Heinz Hoefler

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Comprehensive analysis of NuMAvariation in breast cancer

Outi Kilpivaara, Matias Rantanen, Anitta Tamminen, Kristiina Aittomäki, Carl Blomqvist, Heli Nevanlinna

Open Access Research article

Thymostimulin in advanced hepatocellular carcinoma: A phase II trial

Matthias M Dollinger, Christa M Behrens, Joachim Lesske, Susanne Behl, Curd Behrmann, Wolfgang E Fleig

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Aminopeptidase N (APN)/CD13 inhibitor, Ubenimex, enhances radiation sensitivity in human cervical cancer

Hirohisa Tsukamoto, Kiyosumi Shibata, Hiroaki Kajiyama, Mikio Terauchi, Akihiro Nawa, Fumitaka Kikkawa

Open Access Research article

Epithelial cells in nipple aspirate fluid and subsequent breast cancer risk: A historic prospective study

Kimberly A Baltzell, Michelle Moghadassi, Terri Rice, Jennette D Sison, Margaret Wrensch

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Expression of TNF-superfamily members BAFF and APRIL in breast cancer: Immunohistochemical study in 52 invasive ductal breast carcinomas

Vassiliki Pelekanou, Marilena Kampa, Maria Kafousi, Katerina Darivianaki, Elias Sanidas, Dimitrios D Tsiftsis, Efstathios N Stathopoulos, Andreas Tsapis, Elias Castanas

Open Access Research article

Plasma MMP1 and MMP8 expression in breast cancer: Protective role of MMP8 against lymph node metastasis

Julie Decock, Wouter Hendrickx, Ulla Vanleeuw, Vanya Van Belle, Sabine Van Huffel, Marie-Rose Christiaens, Shu Ye, Robert Paridaens

Open Access Research article

The immunomodulator PSK induces in vitro cytotoxic activity in tumour cell lines via arrest of cell cycle and induction of apoptosis

Eva Jiménez-Medina, Enrique Berruguilla, Irene Romero, Ignacio Algarra, Antonia Collado, Federico Garrido, Angel Garcia-Lora

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Increased expression of EphA7 correlates with adverse outcome in primary and recurrent glioblastoma multiforme patients

Lin-Fang Wang, Emmanouil Fokas, Janko Juricko, An You, Frank Rose, Axel Pagenstecher, Rita Engenhart-Cabillic, Han-Xiang An

Open Access Research article

Alendronate decreases orthotopic PC-3 prostate tumor growth and metastasis to prostate-draining lymph nodes in nude mice

Johanna M Tuomela, Maija P Valta, Kalervo Väänänen, Pirkko L Härkönen

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Meta-analysis of randomized trials: evaluation of benefit from gemcitabine-based combination chemotherapy applied in advanced pancreatic cancer

Volker Heinemann, Stefan Boeck, Axel Hinke, Roberto Labianca, Christophe Louvet

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Tumor-derived matrix metalloproteinase-13 (MMP-13) correlates with poor prognosis of invasive breast cancer

Bin Zhang, Xuchen Cao, Yanxue Liu, Wenfeng Cao, Fei Zhang, Shiwu Zhang, Hongtao Li, Liansheng Ning, Li Fu, Yun Niu, Ruifang Niu, Baocun Sun, Xishan Hao

Open Access Research article

Val103Ile polymorphism of the melanocortin-4 receptor gene (MC4R) in cancer cachexia

Susanne Knoll, Sabiene Zimmer, Anke Hinney, André Scherag, Andreas Neubauer, Johannes Hebebrand

Open Access Research article

Primary breast lymphoma: Patient profile, outcome and prognostic factors. A multicentre Rare Cancer Network study

Wendy Jeanneret-Sozzi, Alphonse Taghian, Ron Epelbaum, Philip Poortmans, Daniel Zwahlen, Beat Amsler, Sylviane Villette, Yazid Belkacémi, Tan Nguyen, Pierre Scalliet, Philippe Maingon, Cristina Gutiérrez, Pauline Gastelblum, Marco Krengli, Rita Abi Raad, Mahmut Ozsahin, René-Olivier Mirimanoff

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Genome-wide linkage scan for colorectal cancer susceptibility genes supports linkage to chromosome 3q

Simone Picelli, Jana Vandrovcova, Siân Jones, Tatjana Djureinovic, Johanna Skoglund, Xiao-Lei Zhou, Victor E Velculescu, Bert Vogelstein, Annika Lindblom

Open Access Research article

The assessment of angiogenesis and fibroblastic stromagenesis in hyperplastic and pre-invasive breast lesions

Kitty Pavlakis, Irene Messini, Thomas Vrekoussis, Petros Yiannou, Dimitrios Keramopoullos, Niki Louvrou, Theodoros Liakakos, Efstathios N Stathopoulos

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Sex-specific incidence and temporal trends in solid tumours in young people from Northern England, 1968–2005

Brooke L Magnanti, M Tevfik Dorak, Louise Parker, Alan W Craft, Peter W James, Richard JQ McNally

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Ovarian cancer risk in Polish BRCA1 mutation carriers is not associated with the prohibitin 3' untranslated region polymorphism

Anna Jakubowska, Jacek Gronwald, Janusz Menkiszak, Bohdan Górski, Tomasz Huzarski, Tomasz Byrski, Axel Benner, Jan Lubiński, Rodney J Scott, Ute Hamann

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The development and deployment of Common Data Elements for tissue banks for translational research in cancer – An emerging standard based approach for the Mesothelioma Virtual Tissue Bank

Sambit K Mohanty, Amita T Mistry, Waqas Amin, Anil V Parwani, Andrew K Pople, Linda Schmandt, Sharon B Winters, Erin Milliken, Paula Kim, Nancy B Whelan, Ghada Farhat, Jonathan Melamed, Emanuela Taioli, Rajiv Dhir, Harvey I Pass, Michael J Becich

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Altered regulation of Prox1-gene-expression in liver tumors

Jozsef Dudas, Tümen Mansuroglu, Federico Moriconi, Florian Haller, Joerg Wilting, Thomas Lorf, Laszlo Füzesi, Giuliano Ramadori

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Management of SPN in France. Pathways for definitive diagnosis of solitary pulmonary nodule: a multicentre study in 18 French districts

Kazem Alzahouri, Michel Velten, Patrick Arveux, Marie-Christine Woronoff-Lemsi, Damien Jolly, Francis Guillemin

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Prodrug converting enzyme gene delivery by L. monocytogenes

Jochen Stritzker, Sabine Pilgrim, Aladar A Szalay, Werner Goebel

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Facile whole mitochondrial genome resequencing from nipple aspirate fluid using MitoChip v2.0

John P Jakupciak, Andrea Maggrah, Samantha Maragh, Jennifer Maki, Brian Reguly, Katrina Maki, Roy Wittock, Kerry Robinson, Paul D Wagner, Robert E Thayer, Ken Gehman, Teresa Gehman, Sudhir Srivastava, Alioune Ngom, Gabriel D Dakubo, Ryan L Parr

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Haplotype analysis of TP53 polymorphisms, Arg72Pro and Ins16, in BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers of French Canadian descent

Luca Cavallone, Suzanna L Arcand, Christine Maugard, Parviz Ghadirian, Anne-Marie Mes-Masson, Diane Provencher, Patricia N Tonin

Open Access Research article

ERCC1 and BRCA1 mRNA expression levels in metastatic malignant effusions is associated with chemosensitivity to cisplatin and/or docetaxel

Lifeng Wang, Jia Wei, Xiaoping Qian, Haitao Yin, Yang Zhao, Lixia Yu, Tingting Wang, Baorui Liu

Open Access Research article

Prognostic Impact of Array-based Genomic Profiles in Esophageal Squamous Cell Cancer

Ana Carneiro, Anna Isinger, Anna Karlsson, Jan Johansson, Göran Jönsson, Pär-Ola Bendahl, Dan Falkenback, Britta Halvarsson, Mef Nilbert

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Apoptosis induction in Jurkat cells and sCD95 levels in women's sera are related with the risk of developing cervical cancer

Adriana Aguilar-Lemarroy, Jose E Romero-Ramos, Vicente Olimon-Andalon, Georgina Hernandez-Flores, Jose M Lerma-Diaz, Pablo C Ortiz-Lazareno, Gilberto Morgan-Villela, Susana del Toro-Arreola, Alejandro Bravo-Cuellar, Luis F Jave-Suarez

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Expression of estrogen receptor beta in the breast carcinoma of BRCA1 mutation carriers

Maria M Litwiniuk, Krzysztof Rożnowski, Violetta Filas, Dariusz D Godlewski, Małgorzata Stawicka, Remigiusz Kaleta, Jan Bręborowicz

Open Access Research article

Coordinated prophylactic surgical management for women with hereditary breast-ovarian cancer syndrome

Larissa I Batista, Karen H Lu, Elisabeth K Beahm, Banu K Arun, Diane C Bodurka, Funda Meric-Bernstam

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Self-testing for cancer: a community survey

Sue Wilson, Angela V Ryan, Sheila M Greenfield, Sue C Clifford, Roger L Holder, Helen M Pattison, David A Fitzmaurice, Richard J McManus

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Pharmacokinetic characteristics and anticancer effects of 5-Fluorouracil loaded nanoparticles

Su Li, Anxun Wang, Wenqi Jiang, Zhongzhen Guan

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Impact of organised programs on colorectal cancer screening

François Eisinger, Laurent Cals, Anne Calazel-Benque, Jean-Yves Blay, Yvan Coscas, Sylvie Dolbeault, Moïse Namer, Xavier Pivot, Olivier Rixe, Daniel Serin, Claire Roussel, Jean-François Morère

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ATBF1 and NQO1 as candidate targets for allelic loss at chromosome arm 16q in breast cancer: Absence of somatic ATBF1 mutations and no role for the C609T NQO1 polymorphism

Anne-Marie Cleton-Jansen, Ronald van Eijk, Marcel Lombaerts, Marjanka K Schmidt, Laura J Van't Veer, Katja Philippo, Rhyenne ME Zimmerman, Johannes L Peterse, Vincent TBHM Smit, Tom van Wezel, Cees J Cornelisse

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Explorative data analysis of MCL reveals gene expression networks implicated in survival and prognosis supported by explorative CGH analysis

Steffen Blenk, Julia C Engelmann, Stefan Pinkert, Markus Weniger, Jörg Schultz, Andreas Rosenwald, Hans K Müller-Hermelink, Tobias Müller, Thomas Dandekar

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Two-dimensional electrophoretic comparison of metastatic and non-metastatic human breast tumors using in vitrocultured epithelial cells derived from the cancer tissues

Jan Vydra, Irena Selicharová, Kateřina Smutná, Miloslav Šanda, Eva Matoušková, Eva Buršíková, Markéta Prchalová, Zuzana Velenská, David Coufal, Jiří Jiráček

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Laure Voisin, Catherine Julien, Stéphanie Duhamel, Kailesh Gopalbhai, Isabelle Claveau, Marc K Saba-El-Leil, Ian Gaël Rodrigue-Gervais, Louis Gaboury, Daniel Lamarre, Mark Basik, Sylvain Meloche

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Leptin receptor Gln223Arg polymorphism and breast cancer risk in Nigerian women: A case control study

Michael N Okobia, Clareann H Bunker, Seymour J Garte, Joseph M Zmuda, Emmanuel R Ezeome, Stanley N Anyanwu, Emmanuel E Uche, Lewis H Kuller, Robert E Ferrell, Emanuela Taioli

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Risk estimation of distant metastasis in node-negative, estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer patients using an RT-PCR based prognostic expression signature

Andrew Tutt, Alice Wang, Charles Rowland, Cheryl Gillett, Kit Lau, Karen Chew, Hongyue Dai, Shirley Kwok, Kenneth Ryder, Henry Shu, Robert Springall, Paul Cane, Blair McCallie, Lauren Kam-Morgan, Steve Anderson, Horst Buerger, Joe Gray, James Bennington, Laura Esserman, Trevor Hastie, Samuel Broder, John Sninsky, Burkhard Brandt, Fred Waldman

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Cytoplasmic CXCR4 expression in breast cancer: induction by nitric oxide and correlation with lymph node metastasis and poor prognosis

Hironao Yasuoka, Masahiko Tsujimoto, Katsuhide Yoshidome, Masaaki Nakahara, Rieko Kodama, Tokio Sanke, Yasushi Nakamura

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Male tobacco smoke load and non-lung cancer mortality associations in Massachusetts

Bruce N Leistikow, Zubair Kabir, Gregory N Connolly, Luke Clancy, Hillel R Alpert

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Tripeptide tyroserleutide plus doxorubicin: therapeutic synergy and side effect attenuation

Zhi-feng Zhu, Li-juan Chen, Rong Lu, Jing Jia, Yu Liang, Qiong Xu, Chun-lei Zhou, Li Wang, Song Wang, Zhi Yao

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Gene expression variation between distinct areas of breast cancer measured from paraffin-embedded tissue cores

Martina Schobesberger, Anna Baltzer, Andrea Oberli, Andreas Kappeler, Mathias Gugger, Hana Burger, Rolf Jaggi

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Cancer incidence in men: a cluster analysis of spatial patterns

Tiziana Cassetti, Francesco La Rosa, Luca Rossi, Daniela D'Alò, Fabrizio Stracci

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Comorbidity, age, race and stage at diagnosis in colorectal cancer: a retrospective, parallel analysis of two health systems

S Yousuf Zafar, Amy P Abernethy, David H Abbott, Steven C Grambow, Jennifer E Marcello, James E Herndon II, Krista L Rowe, Jane T Kolimaga, Leah L Zullig, Meenal B Patwardhan, Dawn T Provenzale

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Immunohistochemical profiling of benign, low malignant potential and low grade serous epithelial ovarian tumors

Véronique Ouellet, Tak Hay Ling, Karine Normandin, Jason Madore, Christian Lussier, Véronique Barrès, Dimcho Bachvarov, Claudine Rancourt, Patricia N Tonin, Diane M Provencher, Anne-Marie Mes-Masson

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Gene expression profile of cervical and skin tissues from human papillomavirus type 16 E6 transgenic mice

D Mendoza-Villanueva, J Diaz-Chavez, L Uribe-Figueroa, C Rangel-Escareão, A Hidalgo-Miranda, S March-Mifsut, G Jimenez-Sanchez, PF Lambert, P Gariglio

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Effects of small interfering RNA targeting thymidylate synthase on survival of ACC3 cells from salivary adenoid cystic carcinoma

Takashi Shirasaki, Shin-ichiro Maruya, Hiroki Mizukami, Seiji Kakehata, Hidekachi Kurotaki, Soroku Yagihashi, Hideichi Shinkawa

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Prospective, randomized, double-blind, multi-center, Phase III clinical study on transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) combined with Sorafenib®versus TACE plus placebo in patients with hepatocellular cancer before liver transplantation – HeiLivCa [ISRCTN24081794]

K Hoffmann, H Glimm, B Radeleff, G Richter, C Heining, I Schenkel, A Zahlten-Hinguranage, P Schirrmacher, J Schmidt, MW Büchler, D Jaeger, C von Kalle, P Schemmer

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Validation of putative reference genes for gene expression studies in human hepatocellular carcinoma using real-time quantitative RT-PCR

Vito R Cicinnati, Qingli Shen, Georgios C Sotiropoulos, Arnold Radtke, Guido Gerken, Susanne Beckebaum

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Stereotactic body radiation therapy with or without transarterial chemoembolization for patients with primary hepatocellular carcinoma: preliminary analysis

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The Adnectin CT-322 is a novel VEGF receptor 2 inhibitor that decreases tumor burden in an orthotopic mouse model of pancreatic cancer

Sean P Dineen, Laura A Sullivan, Adam W Beck, Andrew F Miller, Juliet G Carbon, Roni Mamluk, Henry Wong, Rolf A Brekken

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Expression of the RON receptor tyrosine kinase and its association with gastric carcinoma versus normal gastric tissues

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Cancer survival among children of Turkish descent in Germany 1980–2005: a registry-based analysis

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Systematic review of the relation between smokeless tobacco and cancer of the pancreas in Europe and North America

Zheng Sponsiello-Wang, Rolf Weitkunat, Peter N Lee

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Association of the germline TP53R337H mutation with breast cancer in southern Brazil

Juliana G Assumpção, Ana Luíza Seidinger, Maria José Mastellaro, Raul C Ribeiro, Gerard P Zambetti, Ramapriya Ganti, Kumar Srivastava, Sheila Shurtleff, Deqing Pei, Luiz Carlos Zeferino, Rozany M Dufloth, Silvia Regina Brandalise, José Andres Yunes

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Benchmarking the quality of breast cancer care in a nationwide voluntary system: the first five-year results (2003–2007) from Germany as a proof of concept

Sara Y Brucker, Claudia Schumacher, Christoph Sohn, Mahdi Rezai, Michael Bamberg, Diethelm Wallwiener

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The genetic polymorphisms of HER-2 and the risk of lung cancer in a Korean population

Uk Hyun Jo, Sle Gi Lo Han, Jae Hong Seo, Kyong Hwa Park, Jae Won Lee, Hyo Jung Lee, Jeong Seon Ryu, Yeul Hong Kim

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The use of gamma-irradiation and ultraviolet-irradiation in the preparation of human melanoma cells for use in autologous whole-cell vaccines

Donna H Deacon, Kevin T Hogan, Erin M Swanson, Kimberly A Chianese-Bullock, Chadrick E Denlinger, Andrea R Czarkowski, Randy S Schrecengost, James W Patterson, Mark W Teague, Craig L Slingluff Jr

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Rationale and design of PROSPECT-CONKO 004: a prospective, randomized trial of simultaneous pancreatic cancer treatment with enoxaparin and chemotherapy)

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Tumor necrosis is associated with increased alphavbeta3integrin expression and poor prognosis in nodular cutaneous melanomas

Ingeborg M Bachmann, Rita G Ladstein, Oddbjørn Straume, George N Naumov, Lars A Akslen

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Analysis of EGFR, HER2, and TOP2A gene status and chromosomal polysomy in gastric adenocarcinoma from Chinese patients

Zhiyong Liang, Xuan Zeng, Jie Gao, Shafei Wu, Peng Wang, Xiaohua Shi, Jing Zhang, Tonghua Liu

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Highly variable response to cytotoxic chemotherapy in carcinoma-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) from lung and breast

Maike Sonnenberg, Heiko van der Kuip, Silke Haubeiß, Peter Fritz, Werner Schroth, Godehard Friedel, Wolfgang Simon, Thomas E Mürdter, Walter E Aulitzky

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Protein kinase Cepsilon is important for migration of neuroblastoma cells

Helena Stensman, Christer Larsson

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Dietary preference, physical activity, and cancer risk in men: national health insurance corporation study

Young Ho Yun, Min Kyung Lim, Young-Joo Won, Sang Min Park, Yoon Jung Chang, Sang Woo Oh, Soon Ae Shin

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Epithelial ovarian cancer relapsing as isolated lymph node disease: natural history and clinical outcome

Francesco Legge, Marco Petrillo, Vincenzo Adamo, Salvatore Pisconti, Giovanni Scambia, Gabriella Ferrandina

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Incidence, mortality and survival patterns of prostate cancer among residents in Singapore from 1968 to 2002

Sin Eng Chia, Chuen Seng Tan, Gek Hsiang Lim, Xueling Sim, Yudi Pawitan, Marie Reilly, Safiyya Mohamed Ali, Weber Lau, Kee Seng Chia

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The FUSE binding proteins FBP1 and FBP3 are potential c-myc regulators in renal, but not in prostate and bladder cancer

Achim Weber, Ilka Kristiansen, Manfred Johannsen, Beibei Oelrich, Katharina Scholmann, Sven Gunia, Matthias May, Hellmuth-Alexander Meyer, Silvia Behnke, Holger Moch, Glen Kristiansen

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Immunological tolerance and tumor rejection in embryo-aggregated chimeric mice – Lessons for tumor immunity

Alexander Y Wagner, Eric Holle, Lori Holle, Xianzhong Yu, Günter Schwamberger

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Conventional and molecular cytogenetics of human non-medullary thyroid carcinoma: characterization of eight cell line models and review of the literature on clinical samples

Franclim Ricardo Ribeiro, Ana Margarida Meireles, Ana Sofia Rocha, Manuel Rodrigues Teixeira

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Down-regulation of GRP78 is associated with the sensitivity of chemotherapy to VP-16 in small cell lung cancer NCI-H446 cells

Yingyan Wang, Wei Wang, Siyan Wang, Jiarui Wang, Shujuan Shao, Qi Wang

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Desmoglein 2 is a substrate of kallikrein 7 in pancreatic cancer

Vishnu C Ramani, Leah Hennings, Randy S Haun

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Gemcitabine-based versusfluoropyrimidine-based chemotherapy with or without platinum in unresectable biliary tract cancer: a retrospective study

Mi-Jung Kim, Do-Youn Oh, Se-Hoon Lee, Dong-Wan Kim, Seock-Ah Im, Tae-You Kim, Dae Seog Heo, Yung-Jue Bang

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Increased p38-MAPK is responsible for chemotherapy resistance in human gastric cancer cells

Xianling Guo, Nannan Ma, Jin Wang, Jianrui Song, Xinxin Bu, Yue Cheng, Kai Sun, Haiyan Xiong, Guocheng Jiang, Baihe Zhang, Mengchao Wu, Lixin Wei

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Cimetidine inhibits salivary gland tumor cell adhesion to neural cells and induces apoptosis by blocking NCAM expression

Masakatsu Fukuda, Kaoru Kusama, Hideaki Sakashita

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tabAnti-HER2 (erbB-2) oncogene effects of phenolic compounds directly isolated from commercial Extra-Virgin Olive Oil (EVOO)

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Polymorphism +17 C/G in Matrix Metalloprotease MMP8 decreases lung cancer risk

Patricia González-Arriaga, M Felicitas López-Cima, Ana Fernández-Somoano, Teresa Pascual, Manuel G Marrón, Xose S Puente, Adonina Tardón

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Role of cAMP in the promotion of colorectal cancer cell growth by Prostaglandin E2

Ivonne Löffler, Michael Grün, Frank D Böhmer, Ignacio Rubio

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Class I histone deacetylases 1, 2 and 3 are highly expressed in renal cell cancer

Florian R Fritzsche, Wilko Weichert, Annika Röske, Volker Gekeler, Thomas Beckers, Carsten Stephan, Klaus Jung, Katharina Scholman, Carsten Denkert, Manfred Dietel, Glen Kristiansen

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Genetic polymorphisms of RANTES, IL1-A, MCP-1 and TNF-A genes in patients with prostate cancer

Pablo Sáenz-López, Rafael Carretero, José Manuel Cózar, José Maria Romero, Julia Canton, José Ramón Vilchez, Miguel Tallada, Federico Garrido, Francisco Ruiz-Cabello

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Antioxidant intervention of smoking-induced lung tumor in mice by vitamin E and quercetin

Jie Yang, Lu Wang, Zhaoli Chen, Zhi-Qiang Shen, Min Jin, Xin-Wei Wang, Yufei Zheng, Zhi-Gang Qiu, Jing-feng Wang, Jun-Wen Li

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Expression of centromere protein F (CENP-F) associated with higher FDG uptake on PET/CT, detected by cDNA microarray, predicts high-risk patients with primary breast cancer

Shigeto Ueda, Nobuo Kondoh, Hitoshi Tsuda, Souhei Yamamoto, Hideki Asakawa, Kazuhiko Fukatsu, Takayuki Kobayashi, Junji Yamamoto, Katsumi Tamura, Jiro Ishida, Yoshiyuki Abe, Mikio Yamamoto, Hidetaka Mochizuki

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Genetic analysis of the vitamin D receptor gene in two epithelial cancers: melanoma and breast cancer case-control studies

Eva Barroso, Lara P Fernandez, Roger L Milne, Guillermo Pita, Elena Sendagorta, Uxua Floristan, Marta Feito, Jose A Aviles, Manuel Martin-Gonzalez, Jose I Arias, Pilar Zamora, Monserrat Blanco, Pablo Lazaro, Javier Benitez, Gloria Ribas

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Smoking, environmental tobacco smoke, and risk of renal cell cancer: a population-based case-control study

Ryan P Theis, Suzanne M Dolwick Grieb, Deborah Burr, Tariq Siddiqui, Nabih R Asal

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Histone H1x is highly expressed in human neuroendocrine cells and tumours

Julia Warneboldt, Florian Haller, Olaf Horstmann, Bernhard C Danner, László Füzesi, Detlef Doenecke, Nicole Happel

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Haptoglobin phenotype is not a predictor of recurrence free survival in high-risk primary breast cancer patients

Marie-Christine W Gast, Harm van Tinteren, Marijke Bontenbal, René QGCM van Hoesel, Marianne A Nooij, Sjoerd Rodenhuis, Paul N Span, Vivianne CG Tjan-Heijnen, Elisabeth GE de Vries, Nathan Harris, Jos WR Twisk, Jan HM Schellens, Jos H Beijnen

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Aberrant allele-specific replication, independent of parental origin, in blood cells of cancer patients

Zohar A Dotan, Aviva Dotan, Jacob Ramon, Lydia Avivi

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Targeting cyclin B1 inhibits proliferation and sensitizes breast cancer cells to taxol

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The development of a mini-array for estimating the disease state of gastric adenocarcinoma by array CGH

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Gene expression meta-analysis identifies metastatic pathways and transcription factors in breast cancer

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mRNA expression of the DNA replication-initiation proteins in epithelial dysplasia and squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue

Jian-na Li, Chong-jin Feng, Yong-jun Lu, Hui-jun Li, Zheng Tu, Gui-qing Liao, Chun Liang

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A resampling-based meta-analysis for detection of differential gene expression in breast cancer

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